Prayagraj: The situation in Dharmanagari Prayagraj is worsening day by day due to corona infection. Here, 123 prisoners in Naini Central Jail have been found corona positive. After which the jail administration has been agitated. According to information, 114 male and 9 female prisoners imprisoned in jail have been found to be infected with corona. Corona infected patients have been kept at the Covid Care Centre.

The administration has set up a 120-bed covid care center in the jail. Two health workers and doctors have been deployed to take care of corona positive prisoners. Prisoners can be referred to SRN hospital if their health deteriorates. Not only that, a jailer has found two deputy jailers and 12 wardens also found corona positive. Senior jail superintendent P N Pandey has informed in this regard. According to information received, more than a dozen family members of jail staff, officials have also been found infected.

On the other hand, the administration is periodically sanitizing the jail. Naini Central Jail has the capacity to hold 2060 prisoners. But at present 4,275 prisoners are imprisoned in Naini Central Jail. In such a situation, protecting jailed prisoners from corona infection remains a major challenge.

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